牆 (coeng4) — anything shaped or functioning like a wall in Cantonese
coengˎ₄牆简 墙
Mandarin Pinyin: qiang2
Meaning of 牆
nounanything shaped or functioning like a wall
nounwall; fence
Example Sentences with 牆
你有張良計，我有過牆梯
Yours is a good idea, but mine is an even better plan.
keoiˏ₅佢hoˊ²可jiˏ₅以waiˍ₆為zoˊ²咗neiˏ₅你meiˍ₆沕seoiˊ²水zongˍ₆撞coengˎ₄牆douˉ¹都zoiˍ₆在soˊ²所batˉ¹不sikˉ¹惜。
He would dive into the water and collide/crash at the wall for you, without regards for the consequences.
fukˉ¹幅coengˎ₄牆beiˊ²俾janˎ₄人touˎ₄塗aaˉ¹鴉zoˊ²咗
The wall has been graffitied.
neiˏ₅你jauˏ₅有zoengˉ¹張loengˎ₄良gai3,計，ngoˏ₅我jauˏ₅有gwo˗₃過coengˎ₄牆tai1.梯。
You have a plan, I have a countermeasure.
fong˗₃放samˉ¹心laa1,啦，neiˏ₅你jauˏ₅有zoengˉ¹張loengˎ₄良gai3,計，ngoˏ₅我jauˏ₅有gwo˗₃過coengˎ₄牆tai1.梯。
Don't worry, you have a plan, I have a countermeasure.
Words Containing 牆
玻璃幕牆bo1 lei1 mok6 coeng4
glass block screen wall
紅杏出牆hung4 hang6 ceot1 coeng4
cuckolds one's husband; has an affair
牆角coeng4 gok3
corner
圍牆wai4 coeng4
enclosure; fence (concrete, metal sheet, wooden board - making a solid wall) | Similar terms: 籬笆 (wooden or bamboo, not solid); 柵欄 (general)
結構牆git3 kau3 coeng4
structural wall, block wall [Syn.] 主力牆
騎牆派ke4 coeng4 paai3
fence-sitter; hedger
外牆ngoi6 coeng4
external/exterior wall; outer/outside wall; facade
撬牆腳giu6 coeng4 goek3
steal someone else's lover
飛牆fei1 coeng4
escape from prision
主力牆zyu2 lik6 coeng4
structural wall, block wall [Syn.] 結構牆
你有張良計，我有過牆梯nei5 jau5 zoeng1 loeng4 gai3 ，ngo5 jau5 gwo3 coeng4 tai1
one always can come up with a strategy to overcome another strategy
隔牆有耳gaak3 coeng4 jau5 ji5
beware of people eavesdropping (lit. (nearby) walls have ears) [Syn]屬垣有耳
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